浅い · i-adjective
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 浅い | 浅くない |
| Polite | 浅いです | 浅くないですalso 浅くありません |
| Past polite | 浅かったです | 浅くなかったですalso 浅くありませんでした |
| Past | 浅かった | 浅くなかった |
| Te-form | 浅くて | 浅くなくて |
| Adverbial | 浅く | |
| Conditional | 浅ければ | 浅くなければ |
| Tara conditional | 浅かったら | 浅くなかったら |
Describes physical shallowness (water, container, hole) or figurative superficiality (understanding, relationship, thought). Antonym: 深い.
Antonyms: 深い
This river is shallow, so we can wade across.
彼の知識は浅い。
His knowledge is superficial.
slight; light; pale; inadequate
Used with specific nouns to indicate a low degree: 浅い傷 (slight wound), 浅い眠り (light sleep), 色が浅い (pale color), 知識が浅い (inadequate knowledge). Often overlaps with sense 1 but highlights a lack of depth or intensity.
浅い傷だから、すぐ治るよ。
It's just a slight wound, so it'll heal quickly.
浅い眠りで、すぐ目が覚めた。
I was in a light sleep and woke up right away.
Describes a short duration or early stage: 時間が浅い (short time), 春がまだ浅い (early spring), 年が浅い (young in years/experience). Often used in set phrases.
まだ春が浅いので、花は少ししか咲いていない。
It's still early spring, so only a few flowers are blooming.
彼は経験がまだ浅い。
He still has little experience.
Fortunately the wound was slight, and it didn't turn into anything serious.
Lately my sleep has been light, and I often wake up in the middle of the night.
Many people's breathing becomes shallow when they get nervous.
We haven't known each other long, so I don't know him very well yet.
Spring has only just begun, and it's still cold in the mornings and evenings.
My knowledge of this field is still shallow.
pale blue-green; light blue-green
chive; chives
crude wood; knotty wood
dark-skinned; swarthy; tanned
wretched; miserable; shameful; despicable
shoal; wide shallow beach
lightly pickled vegetables
somewhat shallow; on the shallow side
slight wound; minor wound
shallow clogs; court clogs
light purple; pale purple
pale scarlet
light green; pale green
pale indigo; light indigo
sparse cogon grass; short cogon grass
shallow clay pot; shallow bowl
light yellow; pale yellow-green